Colloquial Speech
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What does “be red like a shrimp” or “move the skeleton” mean in Spanish? How can you shorten the words “weekend” or “roommate” in everyday Spanish? Learn colloquial expressions for love, partying, the beach, people and much more.
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Get StartedShortened words
how you can say "bike" instead of "bicycle" in Spanish, and how you can shorten "compañero de piso".
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Get StartedMoney problems
how to say that you're always "strapped" and don't have any "dough" on you
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Get StartedExclamations
how you can throw in "cool" or "awesome" in a conversation in Spanish
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Get StartedLove
how to say in Spanish that you "made out with someone" or that somebody "bats for the other team"
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Get StartedParty
how to say in Spanish that you "have a hangover" after "living it up" the night before
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Get StartedDrinking
how to say you "got hammered" after drinking some "little beers", then went to bed "in the wee hours"
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Get StartedMoods
what it means when someone in Spain says that they "are done dust" or "have bad milk".
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Get StartedPleased/Displeased 1
how a Spaniard would say that the "sketchy" movie theater around the corner shows really "lame" films.
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Get StartedPleased/Displeased 2
how you say in Spanish that something is just "so-so" or that someone is "really hot".
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Get StartedParts of the Body
what a Spaniard means if someone doesn't have "any noses" but has "a lot of snout"
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Get StartedThe beach
what a Spaniard means by tourists who "are like a shrimp" after "toasting themselves" on the beach
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Get StartedPeople
how Spaniards say that their "folks" think the new girlfriend is a "snob".
